On January 20, 2025, one of my all-time guitar heroes, John Sykes, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. He was ...

John Sykes, a veteran hard-rock guitarist ... A fiery guitarist and strong singer with a mane of wavy blond hair, Sykes is best known for his work on Whitesnake's eponymous 1987 seventh album, for ...

Sykes went on to release five solo albums, including strong live effort “Bad Boy Live!” in 2004. But for much of his later ...

John Sykes, a beloved guitarist ... extinguish the shadow of his absence.” Sykes was best known for his work co-writing Whitesnake’s seventh album, 1987, which included hit singles “Still ...

Marty Friedman recently said on Eddie Trunk’s radio show: “When John Sykes came out ... down and co-wrote nine new songs with Coverdale for 1987’s Whitesnake album, which has sold over ...

John Sykes, a veteran hard ... singer with a mane of wavy blond hair, Sykes is best known for his work on Whitesnake’s eponymous 1987 seventh album, for which he cowrote nearly every track ...

After being ejected from Whitesnake, John Sykes started a new band called Blue Murder, who made a few albums. In 1994, Sykes reunited with the former members of Thin Lizzy and acted as frontman ...

John Sykes, the electrifying guitarist ... after receiving Lynott’s blessing, recording new guitar parts for their highly-successful 1984 album, Slide It In, and embarking on a world tour.

John Sykes, a hard-rock guitarist ... After some wrangling, he agreed to play with the new group and cut some tracks for the U.S. release of its 1984 album Slide It In. It was the fifth of eight ...

John Sykes, the guitarist who performed ... Sykes linked with Whitesnake to record new guitar parts for the U.S. version of the group’s 1984 album Slide It In, and for their next studio album ...

British guitarist John Sykes, known for his roles ... He later recorded five solo albums. His most recent songs, “Dawning of a Brand New Day” and “Out Alive,” were released in 2021.